Star wins food writing award for fish fraud story

Star's sushi expose story wins top award.

The Toronto Star has won a food news writing award from the Association of Food Journalists.

Former writer Susan Sampson won first place in the “best newspaper food story” category for her 2009 exposé on fish substitutions at Toronto sushi restaurants. She shares the award with former reporter Iain Marlow.

Second place went to The Salt Lake Tribune for “How Clean Is That Kitchen.” Third place went to the Miami New Times for “Bogus Beef: Miami Restaurants say It’s Kobe, But It’s Not.”

The association is a North American organization. Awards were presented at its annual conference in Santa Fe on Sept. 2. There were 229 entries in 15 categories including reporting and writing, newspaper food section design and content, food illustration and food photography.

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